SC - Period Dining Atmosphere (Was RE: Saffron)

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/5/00 7:15:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
CBlackwill at aol.com writes:

<< But, whatever 
 happened to the "educated guess"? >>

I base my opinion on this subject entirely on what I have learned so far 
about  period cookery. Many times things that we think would make a logical 
substitution just did not exist in medieval cookery. Roux is the major thing 
that pops to mind. 

Ras